Releasing-penholder.



L.'H. JOHN.

RELEASING PENHOLDER. APPLICATION FILED IAII.25. 1912.

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LEWIS I-I. JOI-IN, OF JOI-INS'IOWN', PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.`

Patented May 2, i916..

Application filed January 25, 1912. lSerial No. 673,332.

To all 2li/0m t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Lnwis H. JOHN, a citizen and subject of Great Britain, residing at Johnstown, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Releasing- Penholders, oi' which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a class of releasing pen holders.

An object of my invention is to provide a simple means whereby a pen may be ejected from a pen holder without the necessity of having the ingers soiled.

1With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention relates to such details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of the several parts as will be hereinafter fully described and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which,

Figure l is a side elevation of the invention having the outer sleeve and ring broken away so as to show the securing means and the pen in engagement. Fig. 2 is a plan view showing parts broken away. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 only the securing means and the pen are shown out of engagement. Fig. 4 -is a cross sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a detail view in side elevation of the securing means. Fig. 6 is a detail side elevation of the sleeve, and Fig. 7 is a cross sectional view on the line 77 of Fig. 6. y

In the accompanying drawings l designates an ordinary pen holder upon which is formed an extension 2. I provide a sleeve 3 which is adapted to be received over said extension and adapted to be provided with diametrically opposite slots 4. The sleeve 3 has its outer end struck outwardly to form an annular bead 5, which is substantially circular in cross section, thus causing the inner wall of the sleeve directly adjacent the outer end, to Hare outwardly. By virtue of this flared portion the pen point 11 may be easily guided into the pen seat provided by the inner wall of the sleeve 3. The struck out portion or annular bead 5 serves the double purpose of a i'est for the fingers of the operator and a shield against the writing fluid or ink soiling the fingers by reason of the annular bead preventing the sleeve from coming in contact with ink on the neck of the ink bottle when the pen is dipped thereby avoiding the possibility of ink collecting on the sleeve.

Secured by any suitable means to the inner side of the sleeve 3 is a wedge shaped member 6. I also provide a second wedge shapedmember 7 which member has a pin 8 journaled thereto, the said pin extending through the slots 4 and being secured to the ring 9 whereby when said ring is operated along the sleeve 3 the member l will also be moved. It will be appreciated that when the member 7 is moved into engagement with the member 6, the said member 7 will be forced tightly against the sleeve 8.

In the operation of my device an ordinary pen point ll is disposed between the member 7 and the inner surface of the sleeve 3 and the ring 9 is moved forward toward the end of the holder, the pin 8 sliding in the slots Ll-. This moves the member 7 into contact with the member 6 and forces it downwardly or outwardly and securely holds the pen 11 between the member 7 and the sleeve 3, as is clearly shown in Fig. l i

o the drawings. In Fig. 3 of the drawings the ring 9 is shown at the extremity of its backward movement and the large end of the wedge-shaped member 7 is out of engagement with the member 6; thus the pen 11 is released.

I desire to lay great stress upon the simplioity of my invention and it is thought that the advantages and novel features of the same will be appreciated from the foregoing disclosure.

I desire it to be understood that I may make slight changes in the construction and in the arrangement and combination of the several parts, provided such changes fall within the scope of' the subjoined claim.

I'Iaving thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In a releasing pen holder, a handle, a

sleeve mounted on said handle, complementary Wedge members formed from a single piece of cylindrical material and having inclined abutting faces, one of said members being movable Within said sleeve and forming a fastening for a pen point, the other Wedge member beingsecured interorly of said sleeve to limit the outwardvmovement of said movable Wedge member, and to force the movable member into intimate engage- 10 ment With the pen point, and means facilitating the reeiprooation of said movable Wedge member.

LEWIS H. JOHN.

Witnesses:

EMLYN J oNns7 JOHN WooDoHoK.

Copies of thi.; patent may be vobtained for-five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D..C. 

